About Sandford Orchards

Its a family business, which means child labour…

I am Barny Butterfield, my wife is Marie, and we have two sons Elliott and Alfie. I began making cider commercially in 2003, but my love affair with the apple tree began when I was old enough to climb one, blossomed when I learned to scrump, and has now borne fruit with our own cider business. (It doesn’t get any cornier that that does it?)

Marie helped with the first big batch of cider several years ago, and probably due to the effects of an especially strong cider that year and my relentless hounding eventually married me. The business started in the parish of Sandford where both Marie and I grew up, and from where we still harvest the majority of the apples we press. We have since moved a couple of miles down the road to Lower Park Farm, which is now where we call home.